Families and Households Sociologists

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Parsons (Couples)
Men perform instrumental role – breadwinner and economic and decision-making functions. Women perform domestic role – housework, emotion work and care for children and husbands.
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Young and Willmott (C)
Development of the symmetrical family.
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Bott (C)
There are two types of marriages – segregated conjugal roles and joint conjugal roles.
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Sullivan (C)
Women do a bit more housework than men today but things are much more doing more than ever before – more equal roles.
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Dobash and Dobash (C)
Found that domestic violence was a reaction to husbands having their authority challenged – evidence of patriarchy in society. Marriage legitimated violence (radical view).
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Postman (Childhood)
Childhood is disappearing – worry over sexualisation of children.
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Palmer (CH)
Childhood is now toxic – concerns over negative influences in technology, obesity, abuse etc.
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Aries (CH)
In the past, children were mini adults, but now we are in a cult of childhood. Childhood is a separate stage.
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Jenks (CH)
Childhood is a social construct not a biologically defined stage
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Gittens (CH)
Age Patriarchy
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Smart (CH)
New sociological approach focuses on the view of the child and their experience. E.g. children’s role in divorce.
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Greer (Theories)
Radical feminist – argues for a matrilocal household – having heterosexual relationships is ‘sleeping with the enemy’
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Ansley (TH)
Women are the ‘takers of ****’ in the family.
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Murdock (TH)
Four functions of the family – stabilisation of sex drive, reproduction, socialisation, economic.
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Parsons (TH)
Extended family moved to nuclear family as there was need for a geographically mobile workforce
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Zaretsky (TH)
Family provides an ideological function – a safe haven outside of the exploitation of capitalism.
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Althusser (TH)
Family is part of the Ideological State Apparatus.
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Engles (TH)
Family reproduces inequality by ensuring property and wealth stays in the hands of the rich via inheritance.
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Smart (TH)
Personal life perspective – family is more than just blood ties – includes pets, fictive kin, friends, dead relatives, donor families.
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Brass and Kabir (Demography)
The trend in smaller families began in urban areas, even though infant mortality was higher in these areas – contradicts many sociologists ideas.
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McKeown (Dem)
Improved nutrition played a significant part in reduction of the death rate.
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Tranter (Dem)
Fall of deaths is mainly due the fall in number of infectious diseases.
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Hirsch (Dem)
The traditional age pyramid is disappearing. Now more equal sized block – increasing the dependency ratio due to ageing population.
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Weeks (Family Patterns)
Chosen families- in same sex relationships roles are created around kinship and friendship – they are as stable as traditional families.
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Giddens (F.P)
The pure relationship – relationships are based on love and last only as long as couples are happy.
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Beck (F.P)
Individualisation – people now pursue their own self-interest – relationships now are more fragile as people focus on themselves. Negotiated families – we created roles based on our needs.
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Chester (Diversity)
Some family diversity but most people still live in the nuclear family or aspire to live that way. Therefore, people live in the neo-conventional family.
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Stacey (D)
The greater diversity in family has benefitted women. They can escape patriarchal oppression and shape their families around their needs.
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Rappaports (D)
Five types of family diversity – organisational, cultural, social class, life stage, generational.
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Murray (Policy)
Critical of welfare policy – creates a dependency culture of reliance on housing and welfare benefit and encourages non-traditional family structures.
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Donzelot (P)
Increase in policy on the family is a form of power and control over families. Certain classes are targeted more than others. (Uses Foucault’s ideas about control and surveillance)
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Development of the symmetrical family.

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Young and Willmott (C)

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There are two types of marriages – segregated conjugal roles and joint conjugal roles.

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Card 4

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Women do a bit more housework than men today but things are much more doing more than ever before – more equal roles.

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Card 5

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Found that domestic violence was a reaction to husbands having their authority challenged – evidence of patriarchy in society. Marriage legitimated violence (radical view).

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